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ATF_SurrenderMonkey

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Englands new tank

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/milita … -a1e1.html

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Re: Englands new tank

what an odd looking tank lol

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Re: Englands new tank

what an odd looking tank lol

How about this one?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Tank

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Re: Englands new tank

lol now i think you are just making shit up nameless that doesn't even look like a tank lol

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lol now i think you are just making shit up nameless that doesn't even look like a tank lol

Not that bad for 1914.

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Re: Englands new tank

lol true

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Re: Englands new tank

New Zealand sent most of its troops and equipment to Europe and North Africa during WWII.  So when the Pacific front opened up after December 1941, the Kiwi home guard had to make do with what was at hand.  Here our the pride of our home guard: a tank named Bob!

http://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/photo/new_ … ple_c1.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Semple_tank

Wikipedia Quote:

"Final result
In the end, due to their impracticality, the tanks were rejected. New Zealand has yet to create another abomination of this caliber."

Last edited by Winston Smith (2016-08-24 16:41:48)

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Re: Englands new tank

The "Tsar" tank looks more Victorian than 20th century. Like a Penny Farthing bicycle more than a tank. Although considering the time (1914) it may have proved a shock to the enemy had it been mass produced. The British didn't get their first tank to the battlefield until 1916. It may have been more advanced but by all accounts the MK1 the British fielded as the first proper tank gave a mixed bag of results and was by no means perfect. German gun crews quickly learned to level their artillery pieces at the British tanks. This was when tank armor consisted of bolted mild steel plate making it vulnerable to high explosive. The British MK1 also gave a fat profile and frontal target to aim for. The main advantage the British MK1 had was the surprise and shock to the enemy, soon lost when the Germans learned of the MK1's deficiencies and the fear factor wore off. Improvements in design and tactics were applied to the British MK1 over the final two years of WW1 which actually made much more difference compared to the early performance of the British MK1. But to put things into perspective, in 1914 when the "Tsar" tank was first produced as a design, no other country had what could be considered to be a tank. As Russia was knocked out of the war by 1917, we can only speculate what would have been had Russia managed to mass produce the "Tsar" tank between 1914 and 1916.

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intersting, thats true about the tzar tank